Antique Prison

This genre of Folk Art is referred to as "tramp" or "prison" art. As you can imagine the person who made this had plenty of time on their hands!

Italian carved bone from a prison beveled mirror on wooden frame covered in red velvet

The morality tale follows Tom Rackwell, a young man who inherits money and through lack of experience and misguided influences makes a series of roguish decisions that ultimately lea...

The first years of activity included the prison in the former convent of Santa Marta (1811), the conversion of the convent of Sant'Agostino to the Liceo (1811), the church of San Sal...

Hernando de Ávila (Attributed) The Liberation of Saint Peter Oil on wood 115 x 66 cm Toledo, around 1580-1600 This panel shows the Liberation of Saint Peter by the angel sent...

An angel leads Saint Peter from prison past two sleeping guards. Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Great set of Eight engravings from the 1760's with the following titles; Mad In Bedlam , Ruind At A Gaming Table, Confined in The Fleet Prison, Revelling with Harlots, Taking Possess...

Straw work is most associated with the Folk Art genre call prison art. French prisoners of war could spend endless hours working with easily obtained materials such as match sticks a...

In 1842, he exhibited "A lost recovery"; in 1847 "A girl with her first novel", in 1853 "Edinburgh prison"; in 1865 "The bracelet". Museum: Boulogne sur mer Cf. : Benezit, Volume I...

The old Calas is dying and says goodbye to his family and friends, in prison. A warden unlocks his ankle chains. 2 soldiers stands by the door, allowing the priest to enter.

George was a precocious child and a hard worker and produced a huge amount of works, in spite of leading a dissolute life and often being drunk and in hiding from his creditors, or i...

Jail Dhurrie’s were made in Indian prisons during British rule between 1860 and 1920.

This wonderful, accurately detailed pencil drawing of the Sing Sing prison in Ossining , New York is suitably framed and just about as good as it gets for a American Folk Art d...

Below the apostles is another scene, depicting Peter's miraculous release from prison.

It was woven under commission at the prison in Agra. These carpets were known as "Jail Agra".

A young woman (Pero) feeds her father Cimon in a prison cell, while holding a baby. Very rare print.

In this case, the scene decorating the belly vase is probably an episode of the history of Joseph, described in the book of Genesis. Joseph, who was in prison, was brought before Pha...

While there he also painted a "Mater dolorosa", a "Caritas", and "Criton visiting Socrates in Prison". Wachter was a founder of the Brotherhood of St.

The Indians also produced carpets in the prison in Agra which became known as the Jail Agra.

Surmounted by Alexander Dumont's Genius of Liberty, the Column stands at the center of the Place de la Bastille where the infamous prison, long demolished, was located. Here it is pa...

For his biting depictions of Emperor Louis-Philippe in the weekly journal La Caricature in 1832, Daumier spent six months in prison and began painting. After the state suppressed La ...

Elizabeth Blackwell undertook the publication of her herbal at the suggestion of Sir Hans Sloane in order to ransom her husband from debtor's prison, where ironically he was serving ...

Elizabeth Blackwell undertook the publication of her herbal at the suggestion of Sir Hans Sloane in order to ransom her husband from debtor's prison, where ironically he was serving ...

Elizabeth Blackwell undertook the publication of her herbal at the suggestion of Sir Hans Sloane in order to ransom her husband from debtor's prison, where ironically he was serving ...

Plate four: Moll is in Bridewell Prison, the house of correction for prostitutes, wayward apprentices and petty criminals.

In 1793, he and other officers were arrested under suspicion and spent time in prison. After his release from prison, Marceau took part in the defense of Saumur against the Vendée...

Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal f...

In some records, he is said to have been tattooed on the face and exiled to Cangzhou. While in prison, he is assigned to be a solo watchman at a fodder depot, however, this turns out...

Carved coconuts were originally brought by navigators, explorers who would gather them along their trips in the islands or visiting the prisons. They were exposed in "cabinets de cur...

Carved coconuts were originally brought by navigators, explorers who would gather them along their trips in the islands or visiting the prisons. They were exposed in "cabinets d...

“Gennaro’s paintings invented a variety of ruined Architecture and other magnificent constructions and made superb underground places and imaginary prisons with horrible appearances,...

The catalogue describes it as follows: « Spartacus, Thracian prince, having become a Roman slave, was condemned to undertake the vile profession of gladiator. Escaping from prison, h...

Also, in his depiction of shadowy prisons and monumental palaces, Galliari owes an unmistakable artistic debt to Piranesi and his architectural prints.

These battalions were little more than prison camps, where prisoners were starved and frequently beaten.

These battalions were little more than prison camps, where prisoners were starved and frequently beaten.

These battalions were little more than prison camps, where prisoners were starved and frequently beaten.

These battalions were little more than prison camps, where prisoners were starved and frequently beaten.

These battalions were little more than prison camps, where prisoners were starved and frequently beaten.

Having acquired the evidence, the two brothers Bernardo and Giacomo were imprisoned in the prison of Tordinona, Beatrice and Lucrezia in that of Corte Savella.

Antique prison door.

Approximate Date: 1897 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right and on Back Size: 25.00" x 18.00" May 1897 Century Magazine, Vol.54 Vol.5 Pg,33 Exhibitions: Allen...

Original drawing by Rudolf Bauer, signed 'B' lower recto. Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889 into a comfortable, but not well-to-do, family on the border between Germany and Poland, and ...

Rare antique stripped and polished metal door front, from H.M. Shepton Mallet prison. The studded wooden back has hand forged bolts.

20th Century French School, Prison Cell, Scene Mixed Media Collage, marked in pencil "Faust /1er acte" lower right, black frame.

This is for those who love the macabre. Our English prison door is certainly a conversation piece. Made of heavy steel and wood it has a food slot and peep hole.

19th century iron door from prison or tower, very thin with original looks.

Community prison holding bench, slatted oak bench with four iron hand cuff placements

Pine prison bed coffee table, England, circa 1890. Minimal, slatted construction with elevated headrest and covered with numerous carved graffiti from restless inmates.

After Achille Leonardi (Italian, 1800-1870), "Beatrice Cenci in Prison Sketched by Guido Reni", Oil on Panel, signed "Ceronetti - Carlo" lower right, giltwood frame.

Agatha, a young martyr patroness of Catania who, according to legend, converted to Christianity first refused the flattery of the governor Quinziano and then to renounce her faith an...

Antique prison door in chestnut wood, solid and studded with original locks and door.

Ancient prison door in patinated larch wood from centuries of life, beautiful elegant brown, original with opening window from which they communicated with the prisoner, coming from ...

Very unusual, by repute from a Prison originally, found and sourced in Holland.

This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....

the most important American Impressionists of his age. While many of his contemporaries focused on the landscape, Frieseke gained his inspiration from the figural, and in particular ...

A masterful example of Italian Mannerist painting, this exceptional panel was composed by the renowned Florentine painter Domenico Puligo. Alongside Jacopo Pontormo and Rosso Fiorent...

"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...

Deer Lodge Prison Horsehair bridle. Multi-colored with flat cheek, brow, and nose bands. Four candy-striped headbands attached with kangaroo leather and celluloid ring, tassels and k...

Deer Lodge Prison horsehair bridle in eight colors with American flags, knots, tassels, and glass rosettes within hitch bands with roses on both brow and nose bands. Flat nose, brow ...